This Morning met the mother of a child who is about to be formally diagnosed by the NHS with video game addiction, due to his obsession with titles such as Fortnite.

Kendal Parmar appeared on today's (June 13) episode to speak about her 15-year-old son's obsession with gaming, which has meant he hasn't gone to school for a year.

"I couldn't have tried [to stop him]," she told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield of her son's addiction. "I've actually got a safe in my bedroom where the router goes in, two holes in the back where I put the router in. I've tried three different parental control systems.

"I've taken a computer out of his room and put it in his friend's house for months. But like any addiction, he's a genius at finding ways. Hubs that he can find to get online. There's a school opposite, he'll find ways to get on it."

Holly argued it was an "extreme" problem, admitting at one point that she felt bad that her own child didn't play the game at home and was missing out socially with Fortnite.

However, at one point, Phil did note that there are children who play it "without ill effects" and that they didn't want to "batter the gaming industry", with Kendal noting that they "can't alienate" and "we've all got to understand it".

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They were also joined by head teacher Christine Cunniffe, who said that we "cannot deny" that video game addiction is happening.

However, some viewers were not entirely convinced by the arguments that the game was the culprit:

I made the mistake of watching #ThisMorning for all of 5 minutes and saw 2 women saying Fortnite made their kids act out.Ever think of actually taking responsibility for your children instead of blaming video games?

Watching #ThisMorning and they are on about Fortnite and gaming addiction. Watched it anticipating them to simply blast gaming in general but they've actually had a frank and open talk about without blaming the games solely. A refreshing discussion